Trying My Best

by Katie Peters

Overview

Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair?

We don't have to be the best at every sport to have a good time. Trying our best will make the game way more fun! Pairs with the fiction title Dev Tries His Best.

Explore these and other ways to be a good sport with these fun books!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728440958
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2022
Series:	Be a Good Sport (Pull Ahead Readers People Smarts - Nonfiction)
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	BR-999L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 6 Years

About the Author

Katie Peters is a children's book author and editor in Minnesota. When she isn't working on books, Katie enjoys sailing, playing games, and walking her dog, Gaia.

Editorial Reviews

"An appealingly minimal primer on the fundamentals of sportsmanship and social-emotional learning."—Booklist

From the Publisher

04/01/2022

K-Gr 2—Repetition is the name of the game in this evolving reader series that focuses on social-emotional learning. Using colorful photos to illustrate the concepts, topics like good sportsmanship, following the rules, playing fair, and accepting losses are discussed, some more successfully than others. Losing Well shows images of teams, telling readers they all lost the games they played, however their feelings surrounding the loss aren't discussed. Particularly when encouraging resilience in readers, it would be helpful to name the emotions associated with playing games. Each book ends with a section asking readers to recall a time when they either were a good sport or a bad one. Without a caring adult by their side to help make the connections, these books might not accomplish their SEL goals. VERDICT Fine for evolving readers, less impressive as SEL learning aids.

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